When 3658-3660 18th Street came to market in April, we knew that buyers would overlook the bright green carpeting, the funky paint colors and the complete gut job needed in the kitchens and bathrooms. We figured they’d be willing to overlook these defects due to the duplex’s prime location at 18th and Dolores and its …

Did you ever notice that certain words get used over and over again in real-estate listings? It turns out there’s a good reason: “beautiful,” “custom” and “remodeled” are just a few of the buzz words that can add lead a home to sell at a premium, according to a Zillow analysis of 24,000 home sales. …

How do you double the value of a home without dramatically adding to the square footage? In the case of an Outer Richmond home on 35th Avenue, you restore the charming Craftsman exterior while dramatically updating every surface of the interior in a style that both fits and flatters the 1913 home. When the home …

When the refugee camps began closing a year after the big 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fires, anyone with a mule and a piece of land could take a U.S. Army-built earthquake shack and make it a home. These tiny cottages were dragged all over the city, but many of them ended up in Bernal Heights …

It’s the news buyers have been waiting for and sellers have been dreading: the Bay Area’s rapid price appreciation seems to be showing signs of slowing down, according to the S&P’s Case-Shiller Home Price Index. The index measures home prices across the nation and in 20 metro areas. The San Francisco Metro Area includes San …

When the Bay Area’s own celeb chef Tyler Florence listed his Mill Valley home for $1.995M, most readers commented on the relative modesty of the beautiful home (see photos below). What words will readers use then to describe his recent purchase then? Beautiful may still be among adjectives included; modest, however, may not make the […] …

San Francisco is not alone in demanding housing prices that present economic challenges—if not outright hardship—to its residents. According to The Demand Institute, home prices will rise an average of 2.1% annually each year from 2015 to 2018, which indicates a healthy increase: real estate will no longer be tanking in the USA, and that […] …